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Graduate Research Assistant Position

Center for Translational AI Excellence and Application in Medicine (TEAM-AI)


Position: Graduate Research Assistant

Location: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Role Overview:

We seek a dedicated and skilled Graduate Research Assistant to join the Center for Translational AI Excellence and Applications in Medicine (TEAM-AI) at McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics. This position is ideal for a student with a passion for clinical natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), cancer informatics, or clinical research informatics, looking to apply their skills in a real-world setting.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the full AI model development and evaluation lifecycle, including data cleaning and preprocessing, designing and managing gold-standard evaluation protocols, and implementing AI models.
  • Assist in data mining for clinical outcomes by leveraging diverse data sources and applying natural language processing (NLP) and AI techniques.
  • Perform clinical data retrieval using SQL to support research and analytical tasks.
  • Contribute to core informatics research operations, including coordination of user surveys, focus groups, and workshops.

 Required Qualifications:

  • Proficiency in Python and SQL programming.
  • Have basic knowledge in biomedical informatics, AI and NLP methods.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Able to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Some level of informatics knowledge

Students interested in this position should submit a resume/CV, as well as a paragraph outlining unique qualifications and ability to contribute to this position to Wanjing Wang via email [email protected].